Lily James, Armie Hammer to Star in Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ Remake

British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (High-Rise) is set to direct a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic 1938 novel Rebecca that will star Lily James and Armie Hammer, Collider has learned. Netflix is teaming with powerhouse production company Working Title on the project, and while the streaming service is avoiding the dreaded "r" word, as in "remake," Rebecca is based on the same story as Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film of the same name starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. Jane Goldman wrote the script this time around, and it follows a newly-married young woman who visits …

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